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A comment on Twitter re-examines Elon Musk’s bid, may be more receptive to a deal. Parent comment

Re:Twitter re-examines Elon Musk’s bid, may be more receptiv... by dc-programmer on Monday April 25, 2022 @08:16AM (#31153405)
There are definitely influential people who believe social media platforms are also strategic assets. The DOJ did try to expropriate US TikTok that one time
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Re:Twitter re-examines Elon Musk’s bid, may be more receptiv... by paganel on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:21PM (#31169412)
WhatsApp’s acquisition was (partly) intermediated by a boutique investment bank which had former CIA-director George Tenet on its board of directors (or something like that). I’m surprised the strategic aspect of a major part of US’s tech industry is not given much thought in here.
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